Maldonado stays top as day three ends

Thu, 23 Feb 16:40:00 2012

Pastor Maldonado's late morning run was enough to keep Williams at the top of the timesheets as the third and penultimate day of pre-season testing in Barcelona drew to a close.

Williams Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela drives the FW34 - 0

Long runs were once again the order of the day in the afternoon, with Michael Schumacher delivering the most extensive - a 59-lap stint on only the third public day of testing for Mercedes's W03.

Vitaly Petrov was the only driver to improve upon is morning benchmark, as a switch to Pirelli's super soft rubber yielded a 1m26.448s in the final 15 minutes. He stayed tenth however, just over four seconds down on Maldonado.

The Venezuelan likewise set his best time - the fastest seen so far in Barcelona on the red super soft compound, lapping the circuit in 1m22.391s in the more advantageous morning conditions.

Schumacher's afternoon work took him to 127 laps for the day, the most by any driver. He ended second fastest as a result of his morning pace, just over nine tenths down on Maldonado.

Kamui Kobayashi was next up for Sauber, completing 99 laps in the C31.

Jenson Button was the last driver to dip under the 1m24s bracket in the morning, while in the afternoon he managed a total of 74 laps often in individual stints of around ten laps, punctuated by short stops in the garage.

Jean-Eric Vergne finished fifth for Toro Rosso, ahead of Mark Webber in the Red Bull and Felipe Massa in the Ferrari the latter pair sharing the exact same time of 1m24.771s.

Massa brought the day to a slightly premature halt when he stopped on the exit of the pitlane two minutes from the end. Mark Webber had earlier stopped out on track at Turn 8, one of several short red flag interludes.

Paul di Resta, taking over from yesterday's pacesetter Nico Hulkenberg at Force India, set the eighth fastest time, ahead of Timo Glock in the 2011-spec Marussia.

Despite his afternoon improvement Vitaly Petrov rounded out the day's runners in the Caterham CT 01.

Results:

1. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:22.391 106

2. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:23.384 127

3. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:23.582 99

4. Jenson Button McLaren 1:23.918 114

5. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:24.433 78

6. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:24.771 97

7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.771 84

8. Paul Di Resta Force India 1:25.646 83

9. Timo Glock Marussia 1:26.173 108

10. Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:26.448 70

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  1. It is impossible to compare the cars while they are­ testing like this, the only way you could compare them­ is they all had the same tyres and fuel loads. Then it­ would show who is going to be a force to be reckoned­ with, but this is just testing and that is all it is,­ top teams are not going to give away too much too soon.

    From Alan K, on Sun 26 Feb 10:16
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    From Abdul a Booboo, on Sat 25 Feb 4:03
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    From Abdul, on Sat 25 Feb 2:48
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    From Abdul, on Sat 25 Feb 2:44

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    From Abdul a Booboo, on Sat 25 Feb 2:30
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    From Trevor Riley, on Sat 25 Feb 2:30
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    From Trevor Riley, on Sat 25 Feb 1:58
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    From Trevor Riley, on Sat 25 Feb 1:55
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    M G Arse is the only arab I know with a overdraft.

    From Trevor Riley, on Sat 25 Feb 1:53
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    From Abdul, on Sat 25 Feb 1:46
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    Well said Mr Osbourne.

    From Abdul a Booboo, on Fri 24­ Feb 12:46PM

    This is such a laugh, thanks wizzo.

    From­ Abdul a Booboo, on Fri 24 Feb 3:07PM

    From Trevor Riley, on Sat 25 Feb 1:37
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    He's an Arab now you see guys,got a problem with­ all his fake id's my dad,come to think of it I­ forget what he does actually look like!Likes a drink my­ dad then calls me all sorts of names lol.Was Brutus the­ other day but thats our dog.

    From Abdul, on Sat 25 Feb 1:33
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    From Trevor Riley, on Sat 25 Feb 1:29

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    From Abdul a Booboo, on Sat 25 Feb 1:27

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    From Abdul a Booboo, on Sat 25 Feb 1:23
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    My dad fake Abdul @28 keeps changing from a toy­ car,to an arab then a man in a cap.He is so thick my­ dad,he is one stop short of Addis a Baba.

    From Abdul, on Sat 25 Feb 0:53
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    Arf Arf !!! got a new avatar now fake Abdul a Booboo,­ you cannot hide your own sub accounts past and present­ Arf­ Arf do you like being a lady Arf Arf ...would you­ like to know how to (VIEW ) all of your deleted sub­ accounts Arf Arf.. ask Trevor nicely.

    From Trevor Riley, on Sat 25 Feb 0:00

  19. This is such a laugh, thanks wizzo.

    From Abdul a Booboo, on Fri 24 Feb 23:07
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    Posts 12 @17 @19 @ 24.is a fake Id of mine created to­ cause­­ abuse to other posters. I have been told by­ Yahoo to­­ please feel free to use the Report abuse­ button with­­ any illegal and abusive content.

    Boob­ Abdul

    From Abdul a Booboo, on Fri 24 Feb 21:13
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